Castle Island
Sullivan's goes green
By adamg - 6/10/11 - 6:54 pm
Paul Keleher notices a difference at the Castle Island food stand this season - solar panels on the roof.
Copyright Paul Keleher. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
Sign of spring emerges in South Boston
By adamg - 2/26/11 - 1:42 pmSteven reports Sullivan's at Castle Island is open today.
Sugar Bowl sunset
By adamg - 2/9/11 - 12:12 am
Sebastian Z. ventured out to Castle Island on a recent cold afternoon for this shot of the Sugar Bowl gazebo.
Copyright Sebastian Z. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
You can skateboard at Castle Island, and you can sail, but don't try to combine the two
By adamg - 8/8/10 - 12:18 pmScooterdude, who normally plies the air currents around the Hancock with his sail-equipped scooter, goes over to Castle Island with his new sail, only to run into immediate opposition from park rangers:
"THERE'S NONE OF THAT HERE. YOU CAN SKATEBOARD (dubious!) on the walk or sail out there on the water, but you can't do both. We just sent two to the hospital for doing this and another one we caught and sent him away." (dubious, even more so! These types of fabrications in the comments tend to reveal a total unfamiliarity of how unique my craft and skill is. They're usually speaking out of real ignorance of what I've been doing for over five years and much more out of their own fear.)
Either a windsurfer is missing off Castle Island or somebody's sail board got away from him
By adamg - 7/28/10 - 10:56 pmThe Coast Guard reports it's conducting search operations off Castle Island following the discovery of a windsurf sail without a rider around 8:25 p.m.
"We have launched a search for a possible missing windsurfer, but we are asking the public to call if they believe they are missing a windsurf board or have any other information which could help us with the search," said Petty Officer 1st Class Jonathan Cole, an operations unit controller at the First Coast Guard District Command Center in Boston. "We are hoping someone's board just blew away from the beach, but we are treating this as a possible search and rescue case."
The board has a clear and neon-green sail with "Super Nova II" written on it. A helicopter and ships from the North End and Hull are currently scanning the water. If the sail sounds familiar, call the Coast Guard at 617-223-8555.
A dip as the sun goes down
By adamg - 7/25/10 - 6:43 pm
Brian Davis spent some time at Castle Island yesterday.
Copyright Brian Davis. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
Why we can't have nice things: South Boston/Dorchester beach edition
By adamg - 7/23/10 - 9:50 amThe Dorchester Reporter alerts us that state officials are now strictly enforcing an 11 p.m. curfew at beaches from Castle Island to the mouth of the Neponset following a July 4th rampage at Castle Island that ended with car-smashing teens roaming around Savin Hill and the area around the JFK/UMass T stop.
The fleet is in
By adamg - 6/30/10 - 8:18 am
Brian Smith photographed the USS Hawes rounding Castle Island as it steamed through Boston Harbor this morning to participate in Navy Week. There was also a boat shooting water in front of the Hawes.
Anybody check to see if he installed a giant catapult or rocket launcher inside the fort?
By adamg - 6/16/10 - 12:51 pmSteve tweets that State Police, DCR rangers and Boston animal control have converged on Castle Island to pick up a coyote found wandering around there.
